The former director of the now-defunct Administrative Department of Security (DAS in Spanish) of Colombia, Jorge Noguera Cotes, will not be trialed for two charges related to the so-called “chuzadas” scandal, which involved the illegal wire tapping of journalists, politicians and opposition leaders during the administration of President Álvaro Uribe, according to several publications.

According to the court, Colombia's prosecutor's office presented the charges against Noguera until July 21, 2012, a few weeks after the June 25, 2012 deadline, the Foundation for Freedom of the Press said.

Noguera will be trialed for his alleged participation in the persecution against journalists and members of the political opposition between March 2003 and Oct. 26, 2005, using a specialized intelligence team he created known as G-3, FLIP said. Some of the journalists the country's prosecutor's office has proven that were surveillance targets were Alfredo Molano, Carlos Lozano, Ramiro Bejarano, Hollman Morris and Claudia Julieta Duque.

In another September 2011 case, Noguera Cotes was sentenced to 25 years in prison for aggravated conspiracy to commit a crime, El Espectador reported. He was found guilty of being a co-author in the homicide of sociologist and professor Alfredo Correa, the newspaper said.